HARMONY !

Ok..that spare handbag?...you deffo need to take one.

When you pick up the oscar make some more room for stashing a few danish pastries in there....call it a goody bag...lol

As they say up north.....jobs a good 'un.....enjoy today and take everyone on here in your pocket...

Getting the red carpet laid so you can glide down the middle lane ...

R and D xx

Hope ur having a great day shiny at ur bash and im also delighted 4 u that u have foun your happy medium on here a day at a time.

Take care

Yo,

Had a lovely day , felt very priveledged to be there .

Yes there was a red carpet , but alas no oscars lol

The guy who was número UNO , was sitting next to me, truely deserved in my book , in fact I was the first to stand up and give him a standing ovation. He had done some amazing charity work . So no sour grapes there.

All in all it was not my cup of tea , far to stuffy for this half a larger and bag of ready salted girl.

But life is about experiences and today I added one to mine .

Tomso no watch I am afraid , Blondie some of the outfits , well honestly , they most defo needed your help . Dots put three Danish in my bag , for Ron ................ Later On lol

Sort of glad it's done , nice to be one of the chosen few , but notoriety never been my thing . Just hope I now do not have to keep half an eye out for the paparazzi

A week off so recharge read and recuperate .

Have a great weekend you all, stay strong , stay clean , I know I will !

Shiny xxxxxxxxxx

Thanks for the support shiny, much appreciated. It was great to have some friendly posts as I knew it would be a hard week. Not been as bad as I thought tho. Glad you had a good day - always nice to have a new experience. Enjoy the weekend and have a nice relaxing week off.

Hi Shiny,

I am glad u had a good day, u deserve nothing but happiness 🙂

Have a gr8 wknd xxxxxxxxxx

Just a quick "Hi" Shiny... glad to see you still climbing upwards and onwards...

Still reading and persevereing.

Jon

Hey Shiny ....

Glad you went and are now back safe and sound..blummin oscars..pah! expensive doorstops...who needs 'em when you got pastries and a pocket full of cyber friends...

Middle lane still warm for ya and chowing on those danish ....nom nom nom...

You're not gambling and just being you...which means you are a winner on this site every day of the week Shiny....

R and D xxx

Shiny,

Glad to see you had a good well deserved outing,and take great heart from it, Yes do have a great weekend,something this journey gives us the ability to deliver.

Duncs stepping forward never back.

Hi Miss Sparkle,

Can't say much except....Missed you!

Am back (with blocks) Never want to go in that dark evil place again.

Glad you are going great guns.......Sooooo happy for you.

Hugs Sue xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Hi Sparkley one!

Just a quick line to say how much I appriciate your post.

Thank you.

Sue xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Hi Shiny,

Just popping in2 say I hope u have had a gr8 wknd 🙂

Stay strong xxxxxxxxxxxxx

hi shiny

Carl

Hey Shiny,

Nice to see you had a great time , see I would of put you as a cheese & onion ringos kind of girl but hey.. lol.

Wish i would of been there you could of sold my fairy GOK mother skills to those lacking some style.. lol..

Hope that middle lane is treating you well and that your dad has settled in ok.

Take care.

Blondie xxxx

Yo,

Read Rachs post with interest .

This is my take on my life which I wanted to share with you .

There is a lot about my life I really do not like .

And I would say every day I resented how it had turned out , believing that I deserved more .

That everyone expected far too much from me , and my life was one demand after another . Without anyone really including myself actually giving my wants or needs a second thought . Loyalty and duty playing a really big part in it all. Always believing that if I did not give them my all I was letting people down . Making my expectations of myself ridiculously high and always lifting bar so I could never reach them .

It was my birthday last week and for the first time in ten years , I felt a spirt of optimism and peace for the forth coming year instead of the usual dread and pity about the cards life had dealt me .

I suppose it boiled down to 2 choices

1, make the changes in your life Shiny and these changes would no doubt have meant leaving my husband and my children( and the ensuing nuclear fallout that it would result in )

2, or accept your lot.

The resentment eats you up , for me the resentment resulted in a need to escape in front of a machine .

I think we all wish for a better life believing the grass is greener , if we had more money , more romance , more suitable partner , more suitable means of employment, more this more that , but in reality I would probs still been unhappy , still needed to escape . Because I kept lifting that dam bar 🙁

Today are all my needs being met , really not sure .

But today I am far more prepared to say no , than I have ever been . So I am starting to address my needs .

I now voice my opinion even at the risk of upsetting someone . I have broken that stupid bar in two , so no more expectations of myself for the time being 🙂

My life is what it is , the resentment has gone it has been replaced with acceptance which in turn is very healing and I do feel much more at peace with it all.

Just wanted to share my thoughts today , addiction feeds on resentment , we can abstain but if the resentment is still there we are treating the symptom not the cause.

Shiny xxxx

Shiny,

All I can say is "wow" What an amazing awe inspiring post. You have certainly given me food for thought!

You are really starting to not just understand the reason for, but to adjust and overcome!

Hat of to one very intelligent amazing Lady!

Sue xxxxx